diff --git a/gogobee_branching_zones_plan.md b/gogobee_branching_zones_plan.md
index 0faae8e..f7c094e 100644
--- a/gogobee_branching_zones_plan.md
+++ b/gogobee_branching_zones_plan.md
@@ -310,18 +310,11 @@ func compileLegacyZoneGraph(z ZoneDefinition) ZoneGraph {
   - Flip `GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_ZONES=1` for that zone.
 - Remove env gate when all zones converted.
 
-### G9 — Retire linear model
+### G9 — Retire linear model ✅
 
-- Drop `room_seq_json` and `current_room` columns once all zones have registered graphs and old runs are completed.
-- Idempotent purge gate (mirror `purgeLegacyAdvCharacterTable` shape from L5):
-```go
-func purgeLegacyZoneRunColumns() {
-    if os.Getenv("GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_PURGE") != "1" { return }
-    // ALTER TABLE dnd_zone_run DROP COLUMN current_room
-    // ALTER TABLE dnd_zone_run DROP COLUMN room_seq_json
-}
-```
-- Wire into Init, gated, idempotent. Operator flips after final soak.
+- **G9a** — `GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_ZONES` POC gate removed; graph mode is the only runtime path.
+- **G9b** — `current_room` / `room_seq_json` no longer persisted. `CurrentRoom` derived from `len(VisitedNodes)-1` on read; `RoomSeq` is in-memory only and unused at runtime.
+- **G9c** — Columns dropped from `CREATE TABLE dnd_zone_run`. `purgeLegacyZoneRunColumns()` in `cleanup_g9.go` mirrors the L5 shape (gated by `GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_PURGE=1`, idempotent, runs in adventure init). Operator flips after final soak.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/internal/db/db.go b/internal/db/db.go
index a02c49c..cb8c351 100644
--- a/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/internal/db/db.go
@@ -1730,16 +1730,16 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS adventure_characters_pre_dnd (
 -- A single in-progress or completed dungeon run. One row per run; players
 -- may have at most one row with completed_at IS NULL AND abandoned = 0
 -- (enforced in code, not via constraint, to keep migrations simple).
--- room_seq_json is a JSON array of RoomType strings generated at run start;
--- current_room indexes into that array. rooms_cleared is a JSON array of
--- room indices the player has resolved (combat won / trap survived / etc.).
+-- rooms_cleared is a JSON array of room indices the player has resolved
+-- (combat won / trap survived / etc.). The zone-graph columns
+-- (current_node, visited_nodes, node_choices) are added in Phase G1's
+-- columnMigrations; the legacy linear current_room / room_seq_json
+-- columns retired in G9.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dnd_zone_run (
     run_id          TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     user_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
     zone_id         TEXT NOT NULL,
-    current_room    INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
     total_rooms     INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    room_seq_json   TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]',
     rooms_cleared   TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]',
     boss_defeated   INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
     abandoned       INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure.go b/internal/plugin/adventure.go
index 611aa13..d4edadf 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/adventure.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure.go
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) Init() error {
 	// Phase L5 close-out — drop the now-cold adventure_characters table when
 	// the operator sets GOGOBEE_LEGACY_PURGE=1. Default off; idempotent.
 	purgeLegacyAdvCharacterTable()
+	// Phase G9 close-out — drop the now-cold current_room / room_seq_json
+	// columns from dnd_zone_run when the operator sets
+	// GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_PURGE=1. Default off; idempotent.
+	purgeLegacyZoneRunColumns()
 	// Phase R1 orphan-archive used to run here on every Init, but it
 	// over-archived: it treats any active dnd_zone_run row not linked to
 	// an active expedition as a legacy `!adventure dungeon` orphan, which
diff --git a/internal/plugin/cleanup_g9.go b/internal/plugin/cleanup_g9.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e34c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/cleanup_g9.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gogobee/internal/db"
+)
+
+// purgeLegacyZoneRunColumns drops the dnd_zone_run.current_room and
+// dnd_zone_run.room_seq_json columns when the operator opts in via
+// GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_PURGE=1. Phase G9 close-out: G9a removed the
+// runtime gate, G9b stopped persisting the columns, and this is the
+// final step.
+//
+// Idempotent: skips silently when the columns are already gone (or
+// never existed on a fresh install — the schema in db.go no longer
+// creates them).
+func purgeLegacyZoneRunColumns() {
+	if os.Getenv("GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_PURGE") != "1" {
+		return
+	}
+	d := db.Get()
+	for _, col := range []string{"current_room", "room_seq_json"} {
+		if _, err := d.Exec("ALTER TABLE dnd_zone_run DROP COLUMN " + col); err != nil {
+			msg := err.Error()
+			// "no such column" → already dropped (or fresh install).
+			if strings.Contains(msg, "no such column") {
+				continue
+			}
+			slog.Error("G9 purge: drop column failed", "col", col, "err", err)
+			return
+		}
+		slog.Warn("G9 purge: dnd_zone_run column dropped (GOGOBEE_BRANCHING_PURGE=1)", "col", col)
+	}
+}